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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Clifford A. Hui, Davis, CA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Department of the Interior, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43C 1/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43C 1/502 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for walking on mud includes a shoe body made of a rigid material that floats in water, the shoe body including a generally horizontal top surface having a substantially greater area than an area of a sole of a foot of a user, the shoe body including a bottom portion having a bottom surface with a generally convex contour; a fastener attached to the top surface for attaching the apparatus to a foot of a user; and pegs attached to the bottom surface, the pegs extending downwardly away from the bottom surface.